sterto

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from the same Proto-Indo-European root as sternuō (“I sneeze”), but not as a regular frequentative, which is sternutō (“I sneeze violently or repeatedly”). Or maybe related to strepō and stridō.

Pronunciation

Verb

stertō (present infinitive stertere, perfect active stertuī); third conjugation, no passive

  1. I snore.

Inflection
   Conjugation of sterto (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stertō stertis stertit stertimus stertitis stertunt
imperfect stertēbam stertēbās stertēbat stertēbāmus stertēbātis stertēbant
future stertam stertēs stertet stertēmus stertētis stertent
perfect stertuī stertuistī stertuit stertuimus stertuistis stertuērunt, stertuēre
pluperfect stertueram stertuerās stertuerat stertuerāmus stertuerātis stertuerant
future perfect stertuerō stertueris stertuerit stertuerimus stertueritis stertuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present stertam stertās stertat stertāmus stertātis stertant
imperfect sterterem sterterēs sterteret sterterēmus sterterētis sterterent
perfect stertuerim stertuerīs stertuerit stertuerimus stertueritis stertuerint
pluperfect stertuissem stertuissēs stertuisset stertuissēmus stertuissētis stertuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — sterte — — stertite —
future — stertitō stertitō — stertitōte stertuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives stertere stertuisse — — — —
participles stertēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
stertere stertendī stertendō stertendum — —

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • sterto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sterto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sterto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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